The Sleeping Beast Within

You look for your girlfriend's missing father. You descend into Yokohama's Chinatown. But the search plunges you into a criminal quagmire. Suzuki's early noir experiments gain cult status. It leaves you in the thick of it.

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Seijun Suzuki directed The Sleeping Beast Within in 1960. See Seijun Suzuki's full filmography, where to start with Seijun Suzuki, or where to go after you've seen everything by Seijun Suzuki.

The Sleeping Beast Within was released in 1960 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 86 minutes.